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THE MENACE’S ATTIC Playlists 2005 PLAYLISTS FOR 2005 The Menace’s Attic Episode #157 January 7 th, 2005 The “I Paid A Lot Of Money For This Rare “One Hit Wonders British Box Set, And Your Going To Get My Money’s Worth!” Edition! OPENING SONG: Hold Me – P.J. Proby (Decca U.K.) Set #1 I’ll Tell You, Based On This Set, You Don’t Want To Know What Goes On Behind The Closed Doors Of Those Hotel, Motel, Holiday Inns! Where Do You Go To My Lovely? – Peter Sarstadt (EMI) Lady Willpower – Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia) Room Service – Fischer-Z (EMI-Australia) Set #2 If You Can’t Give Me Liberty And You Can’t Give Me Death, Then Tell That Retired Tennis Pro To Give Me Just One Night With a Circa 1984 Patty Smyth! When I’m Dead and Gone – McGuinness Flint (Capitol U.K) Generals And Majors – XTC (Virgin U.K. Single) The Warrior – Scandal (Columbia) Set #3 Just When You Thought This Set Featured Only Really Obscure Songs About Destroyed Relationships, An Even More Obscure Band From 1980 Comes Along And Tries To Make The Darn Thing Optimistic! Fine With Me – The Fools (EMI) Tired of Toein’ The Line – Rocky Burnett (EMI) Physical Speed – Private Lightning (A&M) Set #4 And The Brits Just Keep On Comin’ Have I Used That Set Title All Ready? Okay, How About This One, True Brit! Gawd, I Should Have Quit While I Was Ahead! (What Does That Expression Mean Anyway? Set Title Over! Lazy Sunday – The Small Faces (EMI U.K.) L.S.F. – Kasabian (RCA) CLOSE: Cry Like A Baby – The Box Tops (Bell) SHOW #157 THE MENACE’S ATTIC Playlists 2005 The Menace’s Attic Episode #158 January 14 th, 2005 The “Bob and Brit Are Doing A Guest Set On Tonight’s Show, Better Hide All The Good China!” Edition! OPENING SONG: Solitary Man – Neil Diamond (Columbia) Set #1 These Have To Be Really Short Songs That Involve Teachers, Since The Next Two Sets Are So Long. Wait A Minute, How Did He Slip In The Part About Teachers? Why Would That Make The Songs Short? If He Keeps Going On With This Set Title, He’ll Never Finish In Time For Recess! Teacher, Teacher – Rockpile (Columbia) Teacher, Teacher – Johnny Mathis (Columbia) Set #2 Bob And Brit Do A Guest Set That They Will Name Right Now On The Spot! All Night – Sam Phillips (Nonesuch) I Feel the Rain Fall – Red House Painters (Island) Elouise – Chuck Prophet (New West) Pretty Sky – Brittany Shane (Self Release) Set #3 And Now, Highlights From That Famous 40’s Radio Show That Never Aired, “Music To Slit Your Wrists By.” Cuts You Up – Peter Murphy (RCA) FILM CLIP HERE! Since You’re Gone – The Cars (Elektra) Baby Come Back – The Equals (RCA) Set #4 Dennis This Has Been A More Bizarre Show Than Usual, Can You Just Play Some Good ‘Ol Power Pop?! Valerie Loves Me – Material Issue (Mercury) Mad World – Tears For Fears (Mercury) CLOSE (BY LISTENER VOTE!) Words – Missing Persons (Capitol) Everybody’s Happy Nowadays – Buzzcocks (IRS) SHOW #158 THE MENACE’S ATTIC Playlists 2005 The Menace’s Attic Episode #159 January 21st, 2005 Since I Am At The Sundance Film Festival, “Everything Dennis The Menace Is Playing Tonight Is From A Soundtrack – Duh, That’s Not Exactly Original, In Fact It Seems Kind Of A Lazy Way To Program A Radio Show, But Knowing Dennis The Menace, He’ll Manage To Make Themes Out Of It” Edition. OPENING SONG: Blitzkrieg Bop – The Ramones (Warner Bros.) (“Vacation”) Set #1 This Set Features Songs From Films That Make Fun Of People, Who Are Dumb, Dysfunctional, Or Quirky. Well, Except For The Last Tune Which Was Featured In A Movie That Was Just Easy To Make Fun Of. These Days – Nico (Hollywood) (“The Royal Tenenbaums”) Crash (The ’95 Mix) – The Primitives (RCA) (‘Dumb and Dumber’) It’s Gonna Be Alright – Gerry & The Pacemakers (United Artists) (“Ferry Across The Mercy”) Set #2 When Gary Gives You A Kiss, Make Sure He Does It In The Grass Roots Way A Girl Like You Deserves It! (Huh?) She Talks In Stereo – Gary Myrick & The Figures (Epic) (“Valley Girl”) Beth – Kiss (Elektra) (“Beautiful Girls”) Midnight Confessions – The Grass Roots (Maverick) (“Jackie Brown”) A Girl Like You – Edwyn Collins (A&M) (“Empire Records”) Set #3 No Matter How You Slice It, Movies About Partying Are The Same Whether They Are From America or England…Now As For Movies About D.J.’s! 24-Hour Party People – Happy Mondays (Essential) (“24 Hour Party People”) Los Angeles – X (Shout Factory) (“Mayor Of Sunset Strip”) FILM CLIP In A Funny Way – Mercury Rev (Hollywood) (“Laurel Canyon”) Fascination – Human League (A & M) (“Cherish”) Set #4 (SHORT ONE!) From A Listener In Fremont, California: “Sometimes I Think DTM Comes Up With These Shows, So He Can Play Simon & Garfunkle On The Show. Here In Fremont, We Think That Kind Of Music Should Be Outlawed. Why, I’ve Got A Sticker On My El Camino… America – Simon & Garfunkle (Dreamworks) (“Almost Famous”) CLOSE: Temptation – New Order (MCA) (“Something Wild”) SHOW #159 THE MENACE’S ATTIC Playlists 2005 The Menace’s Attic Episode #160 January 28th, 2005 I’m Back From Sundance, And The Reason You Should Care About That Is All The Cool Music I’ll Be Sharing With You From The Movies I Saw. Think Arthur Kane, Not Citizen! OPENING SONG: Dizz Knee Land – Da Da (I.R.S.) Set #1 This Set Is Dedicated To Arthur “Killer” Kane, Possibly Without A Doubt The Most Rockin’ Mormon Ever To Grace Our Planet. This Charming Man – The Smiths (Sire) Lonely Planet Boy – New York Dolls (Mercury) Born To Lose – Johnny Thunder & The Heartbreakers (Mojo) Set #2 In The Words Of Monty Python, “I’m A Lumberjack and I’m Okay, I Work All Night And I Sleep All Day, And In-Between That, I Just Want To Get… Can’t Be Love (Do It To Me Anyway) – Peter Brown (Drive) Oh Boy – Buddy Holly (Coral) Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad – Meatloaf (Epic) Set #3 Get Ready For The Worst Pun Ever…I’m A “Sucker” For The First Song, And The Rest Is History. My Boy Lollipop – Millie Small (Smash) Na Na Na Na Naa – Kaiser Chiefs (b-unique U.K.) Dyslexic Heart – Paul Westerberg (Epic) FILM CLIP: CITIZEN KANE The Tra La La Song – The Banana Splits (Hollywood) Set #4 When I Started Singing This Song To My Daughter Kate Before Her Bedtime, I Had No Idea That Nixon Would Play A Role In Her Musical Education! Yellow River – Christie (Epic) Stoned Love – The Supremes (Motown) CLOSE: (By Listener Vote – A Tie!) Walking The Dog – Rufus Thomas (Stax) One Step Beyond – Madness (Virgin) SHOW #160 THE MENACE’S ATTIC Playlists 2005 The Menace’s Attic Episode #161 February 4th, 2005 The “I’ll Never Tell How I Managed To Do A 7” Edition Of This Show From Studio C Which Only Has One Turntable Without Truly Cheating. (And Since I’m Out Of Town And You Don’t Have The Phone Number In Florida, You’ll Have To Torture Tonight’s Engineer Troy To Find Out.” Edition OPENING SONG: Caroline (Are You Ready For The Outlaw World) – Steppenwolf (MUMS) (CD) Set #1 Please Don’t Take This Set About Love Seriously, It’s Supposed To Be Bizarre And Funny. Down On Me – Big Brother & The Holding Company (Mainstream) (CD) Eaten By The Monster Of Love – Sparks (Atlantic) Love Is In The Air – John Paul Young (Scotti Bros.) (CD) Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You) – The Beatles (Swan) Set #2 “The Name’s Menace, Dennis Menace.” Okay, Now That We Got That Over With, When Is The Scene Where I Get To Sleep With The Hot Chicks? The Corrupt Ones – Dusty Springfield (Philips) (CD) A View To A Kill – Duran Duran (Capitol) Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple (Warner Bros.) Suspect Device – Stiff Little Fingers (Rough Trade U.K.) Set #3 No Matter How You Like Your Blue Eyed Soul Served Up, This Set Should Reel You In. Pun Police, He’s At It Again, This Time I Think We Ought To Send Him To That Maximum Security Prison In Colloquialism, New Jersey. Soul Shoes (Live) – Graham Parker & The Rumour (Mercury) (CD) Vehicle – Ides of March (Warner Bros.) FILM CLIP You Belong To Me – Elvis Costello (Radar) Frankie & Johnny – Sam Cooke (RCA) Set #4 Sometimes, The Fact That Two Songs Just Sound Good Together Is A Theme In Itself. Love, Dennis, Martha and Curtis. Suddenly Last Summer – The Motels (Capitol) It’s Alright – The Impressions (Dunhill) (CD) CLOSE: Stay – Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs (Flashback) SHOW #161 THE MENACE’S ATTIC Playlists 2005 The Menace’s Attic Episode #162 February 11th, 2005 The “If You Haven’t Bought Your Valentine’s Day Cards Yet, I Highly Recommend The Spongebob One’s At Walgreens” Edition OPENING SONG: It’s Not Unusual –Tom Jones (Parrot) Set #1 For Me, Valentine’s Day Is Going To Be More Finn Than Ever! (Ouch!) I Got You – Split Enz (A & M) Needles & Pins – The Searchers (Castle U.K.) Outside Your Door – The Stands (Echo) Set #2 I Want To Thank Dylan, The Commitments And Harry Nilsson For Letting Me Know It’s Okay To Love Someone So Much You Want To Just Sock Them In The Nose! Love Is Just A Four Letter Word – Joan Baez (Vanguard) Destination: Anywhere – The Marvelettes (Tamla) Cuddly Toy – The Monkees (RCA) 2:40 (Written by Nillsson!) Set #3 If You Want To Get Your Mate In The Sack On Valentine’s Day, Start With A Slow Dance, Hit Them With Some All Out Rawk And Then Play Something They Never Heard Of And Impress Them With Your Brilliant Musicological Prowess.